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On the night where the emphasis was meant to be on the arm of
one quarterback, it ended up being a night showcasing the legs of
another. Hawaii quarterback Timmy Chang needed only 241 yards to
break Ty Detmer’s NCAA career passing yards record, but the Broncos
defense held him to 227 yards as the Broncos dominated from start
to finish, thumping the Warriors 69-3 Friday night at Bronco
Stadium.
“Boise plays the team game to its fullest,” Chang said.
Sophomore Jared Zabransky led the Broncos (8-0, 5-0 Western
Athletic Conference) with 123 yards rushing, 85 coming on a school
record touchdown run in the fourth quarter, and 164 yards passing
as the Broncos scored eight rushing touchdowns on the night setting
a school record. The defense did their job pressuring Chang and
intercepting five passes, four off Chang.
“This was my dream, to shut Chang down,” senior cornerback Gabe
Franklin said.
the game with a 14-play, 59-yard drive that resulted in the 38-yard
field goal by Justin Ayat. But, it was all Broncos from then on
out.
The Broncos began their scoring tear with a 9-yard naked bootleg
run by Zabransky. The touchdown was the first of four by Zabransky,
tying a single game record for rushing touchdowns by a Bronco
player. Then with 10 minutes, six seconds remaining in the second
quarter, Jon Helmandollar decided to get in the mix. Helmandollar
finished a 10-play drive by rushing in from the three to put the
Broncos up 21-3.
Then the trickery of Dan Hawkins came into play for the first time.
After the touchdown, the Broncos attempted an on-side kick. Korey
Hall recovered the kick, and the Broncos started their drive at
their own 47. Five plays later, and another Zabranksy rushing
touchdown, the Broncos finished the first half with a Tyler Jones
field goal with no time on the clock to go into the locker room up
24-7.
Timmy Chang was held to only 107 yards passing in the first half.
The second half became a complete dominance for the Broncos
defense.The first drive of the half resulted in the second field
goal for Tyler Jones on the night, added to the lead, 27-3.
The emsuing drive by the Warriors resulted in a Gabe Franklin
interception on the Hawaii 37 yard line. The Broncos offense came
on the field and Zabransky found T.J. Acree for a 30-yard
completion. Helmandollar then found the end zone again, putting the
Broncos up by 31.
Broncos head coach Dan Hawkins admitted after the game that he had
Chang’s record on his mind.
“Coming down to the end of the game, I was looking at the
scoreboard,” Hawkins said.
A three-and-out drive by the Warriors gave the Broncos another
chance to light up the scoreboard again. This time it was Quinton
Jones with the end-around touchdown rush for 38-yards that made it
41-3 in the third quarter.
Timmy Chang threw his second interception of the night to Cam Hall,
which set up another Zabransky rushing touchdown, but it was his
next that was the most impressive of the night.
Another three-and-out drive by Hawaii set the Broncos up at their
own 15-yard line. Zabransky then scrambled out of the pocket to the
left, and on the first and only play of the drive, rushed down the
side of the field for a school-record 85-yard rushing
touchdown.
“They rushed in, so I knew it was pretty wide open,”
Zabransky said.
The Broncos defense then picked off Chang again, this time by Marty
Tadman, which once again set up another Bronco rushing touchdown.
Jeff Carpenter rushed down the left side of the field for a 26-yard
score, putting the broncos up 62-3 with only three seconds left in
the third quarter.
“We did everything we wanted to do coming into the
game,” Daryn Colledge said.
Chris Barrios then picked off Chang during the first drive of the
final quarter and ran the ball 50 yards for the score, putting the
Broncos up 69-3.
Chang may not have broken the passing record, but he did break the
all-time record for career interceptions. The Broncos rushed for a
season-high 425 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry on the
night.
The Broncos also set a school record for points in one quarter when
they put up 38 on the Warriors defense.
The win extends four different streaks for the Broncos. The
nation’s longest winning streak extends to 19 games. The
Broncos also posses a 24 game home win steak, and a WAC win streak
of 23 games. Also, the Broncos moved to 13-0 on ESPN televised
games.
“It was a great night. We dominated from the first to the fourth
quarter,” Franklin said.
Trevor Horn
Sports Writer
